Health Benefits of Chickpeas

Another week has flown by! I hope it has been a nice week for you all! 🙂 We have been busy with lots of activities this week as it is the last week before school holidays here. Everything is busy busy during holidays so we try to get out while the big kids are at school.

I have been eating hummus like crazy, just been craving it to no end. My sister has a thermomix, which if you haven’t heard of them, they are like a Rolls Royce blender/cooker/does everything machine. Anyway, they make hummus like a pro, so I always send my ingredients to her house and let her/ beg her to make me some hummus!

Chickpeas are easy to use, you can boil them, throw them in the slow cooker, a stir fry, on a salad, mush them into burgers or toast them. Versatile and tasty! They are also extremely healthy!

They are high in fibre, which is something most Western Diets are lacking in!

They have been linked to improved control of blood sugar and insulin secretion. (Source)

26 Responses to Health Benefits of Chickpeas

And I just posted a chickpea recipe yesterday!! I love them–there’s something about their texture and mild flavor that I adore. 🙂Michelle @ Eat Move Balance recently posted…KISS: Wine and Garlic Marinated Salmon

Love that stuff 😀 I also love how it's so versatile, you can almost throw anything you want together and it turns out good. I've put horseradish in my hummus before… also balsamic vinegar… somehow it worked 😀Nadiya @ Milk and Honey on the Run recently posted…Gazelle vs Glider. How do you run?

Hummus = Delicious
I will try your recipe this summer. Doesn’t that sound sad… that I’m going to wait until the summer to try it?
Looking on the bright side… now I have something to look forward to! 🙂Stephanie@nowirun.com recently posted…Running For Years (literally!)

I didn’t realize just exactly how good chickpeas are for you. Thanks very much for kindly sharing the information, once I’ve had a play around with this I’ll be better placed to give you some feedback on flavor ideas.

I’m an incredibly unhealthy eater but love some legumes like chickpeas and a range of beans.

I used to buy those roasted salted chickpeas as a snack but figured they weren’t too healthy so tried to roast them myself… and was very unsuccessful. I think it was cos I used tinned chickpeas and dried them out.

I love hummus! Chickpeas are one of the only legumes I can handle. I like soaking mine over night and then cooking them myself. The biggest bummer this year was when we found out we can’t send hummus to school with my daughter (one of the few things she’ll eat) because a kid in class has an allergy to sesame seeds! Darn! When I make hummus, I sometimes add super finely chopped fresh rosemary and it’s sooooooo good!greengirlrunning recently posted…Kombucha Slime & New Shoes

Totally irrelevant comment: did you know that Roman philosopher and orator Cicero got his name from the chickpea? Apparently one of his ancestors had a nose that looked like one 😀evilcyber recently posted…Review: The Fast Diet

Ive seen recipes for roasted chickpeas all over the place lately, and now I read this… it’s a sign I need to incorporate them into my life 🙂 Thanks for providing the great info about it too!Tessa @ Amazing Asset recently posted…Factual Friday